Drop wire hanger



Nov. 29, 1932. w SHOPE 1,889,113

DROP WIRE HANGER Filed Dec. 16, 1931 Patented Nov. 29, 1932 res insaneYPATYR T 0F FICTE 3 DROP Winn HANGER Application filed December 16,1931. vSerial No. 581,358.

pensive hanger that may be conveniently'enr plryed for engaging andsupporting 111 proper position wires that serve as electric currentconductors and which wires extend from a pole or other support to abuilding, for instance, telephone wires or the wires that carryelectriccurrent to a housing or building for lighting and heating purposes.

Further objects of my invention are, to provide a device of thecharacter referred to which in addition to serving as a hanger functionsas a clamp to automatically grip the engaged wire and'prevent the samefron'i pullin through the hanger, further, to provide a drop wi e hangerthat is constructed so as to receive and firmly hold the drop wirewithout the necessity for extraneous fastening means such as tie wiresand further, provide a hanger that will-be oii'ectivo in materiallyreducing the time, labor and consequent expense that is ordinarilyinvolved in the connection and'supof a pole and showing a hanger of myini- DI'OVCd construction suspended therefrom A l and with a drop wireconnected to said.

hanger.

nerspective view of a hanger 2 and showing a form of hanger utilized Inis a plan view of the hanger. F g. 5 is a plan view of a hanger that isstamped from a single piece of sheet metal. Fig. (3 is an enlarged crosssection taken on the line 66 oi Fig. 5.

By reference to the accompanying drawing and particularly to theconstruction iln q I is ructed 111 accordance with my invention. 3 is aperspective view s 1n1lar to importing two drop wires of dead ends.

lustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that the hanger is formedfrom 'a single length of wire which is bent double to form a parrotstraight legs 10 and 11 which lie immediately adjacent to each other andsaid legs are rigidly secured to each otherin any suitable manner,preferably by solder or by the molten metal into which the hangers aredipped to provide the same with a protective coating.

At one end of the hanger the wire is bent to form-an elongatedloop 12which when the hanger is applied for use engages over a sultablesupport, for instance, a hook H, that is seatedin a pole P or othersimilar support and at the opposite or lower end of the hanger the endof the leg 10 is bent upwardly at right angles to form a finger 13.

'A port-ion of the wirethat forms legll a short distance below hook 12is bent out-" the terminal box and the support for the low- 8 er end ofsaid drop wire.

Portions of leg 11 below the hook 14 are bent at right anglesoutwardlyand thence inwardly to form laterally projecting fingers .15,all of which occupy the same plane and to increase the drop wireengaging end holding qualities of the hanger, I prefer to space thefirst two or three fingers that are nearest the hook 124, closertogether than those fingers that project from the lower portion of thehanger, although such sp acing is not absolutely necessary.

That portion of the wire in: the end of-leg 11' thatforms the lowermostfinger 15 has a .portionat the outer end of said finger bent atrightianglesto formia retaining finger16 that occupies a positionparallel with finger 13 and the extreme end portion of thewire that .isbentto form the end finger 15 and the finger 16- isbent at right anglesto form a finger 17 that lies immediately adjacent to the finger 13. Q

Fingers 13 and 17 are secured to each other in any suitable manner,preferably by solder or by the molten metal into which the hanger isdipped.

WVhen my improved hanger is in use loop 12 is suspended from hook H andthe drop wire WV that leads from terminal box T on the post or othersupport, extends from said box upwardly and the loop L is formed in saiddrop wire and said loop is positioned beneath hook 14. From said loopthe drop wiring extends alternately beneath and over the laterallyprojecting fingers 15 and at the end of the hanger said wire projectsbetween finger 16 and the connected fingers 13 and 17 and said wireextends downwardly to the supporting insulator on the housing or otherbuilding that is serviced by said drop wire.

That portion of the drop wire that engages over and beneath the fingers15 assumes a zi zag position and such arrangement automatically producessufficient friction between the wire and the fingers to withstand allpull or strains that are ordinarily impressed on the wire below thehanger and thus the wire is very firmly secured to the hanger withoutthe use of extraneous fastening means such as tie wires, clamps or thelike.

Inasmuch as the entire hanger is formed of wire which is round in crosssection, there are no sharp edges on any portion of the hanger and thusthere is practically no tendency to abrade or cut the insulation thatcovers the drop wire. V

desiredthe loop 12 may be easily bent or spread apart so as to bereadily engaged over a knobor insulator. I

In Fig. 3 I have shown a form of hanger that is designed to receive andsupport two drop wires and where such construction is employed both legsof the section of wire from which the hanger is formed, are providedwith the laterally arranged hooks 14, fingers 15 and fingers 16.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified construction wherein the laterallydisposed fingers15 are slightly inclined with respect to the legs 10 and11 and the inclination being such that the tendency ofthe engaged dropwire is to move inwardly towards the legs 10 and 11.

in construction, inexpensive of manufacture and very effective inperforming the functions for which it is intended.

An especially desirable feature of my invention is the constructionwhereby the dro' wire is applied to the hanger by merely en; gaging saidwire alternately above and below the laterally projecting fingers, thuseffecting amaterial saving of time, labor and consequent expense in thehanging or stringing of drop wires in overhead electric serviceequipment.

It will be understood that minor changes in the size, form andconstruction of the various parts of my improved drop Wire hanger may bemade and substituted for those herein shown and described withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which is setforth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A drop wire hanger, comprising a substantially straight body portion,a loop at one end thereof, a series of fingers projecting laterally fromsaid straight body portion and a pair of fingers projecting from the endof the body of the hanger opposite from the end on which said loop isformed and which pair of fingers are arranged substantially at rightangles to the plane occupied by the series of fingers. v

p 2. A drop wire hanger, comprising a substantially straight bodyportion, a loop at one end thereof, a series of fingers projectinglaterally from said straight body portion, a hook projecting laterallyfrom said body portion between said loop and said series of fingers anda pair of fingers projecting from the end of the body of the hangeropposite from the end on which said loop is formed and which pair offingers are arranged substantially at right angles to the plane occupiedby the series of fingers.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature.

JAMES W. SHOPE.

In the modified construction illustrated in 1 Figs. 5 and 6, the hangerand all parts thereof are stamped from a single piece of suit-v ablesheet metal and where the device is so constructed the laterallyprojecting drop wire engaging fingers are curved in cross section asillustrated in Fig. 6 to prevent the edges of said fingers from makingdirect contact with the insulation covering of the drop wire. r w

Thus it will'be seen that I have provided a drop wire hanger thatisrelatively simple

